Leesa

What a lovely day we had yesterday for Mother’s day! After Sunday school and the meeting my brother and his wife and kids arrived with a lovely afternoon tea for us and mum and dad (my other brother’s son wasn’t well at the last minute so they

at last it came!  And it didn’t take so very long at all.  I must say that Paula in the US at “compelled to craft” does a very neat job, and great service- I asked her if I could have mine with a drawstring instead of elastic and she

Well I started on a new project the other day (I know, I need to finish off a couple, and I will soon!)  and it’s called “simple scallops” and when I first started making it I wondered how it could be called “simple” and how the pattern said the

so when we finally sat down to dine last night at 8:00pm (luckily not one of us had to go out after tea for anything) we did enjoy the new recipe very much! The flavours in it were just right, and I couldn’t taste the (one) egg so

Ben was so impressed at my recipe organisation that he was inspired to find me a new recipe to try.  Butternut squash bake. With fresh lasagna sheets.  It looked and sounded yummy so I printed it out and we’re trying it for tea tonight.  Well, hopefully we are anyway.

I had a bit of free time this week (school holidays), so I decided to finally sort all my loose recipes and put them in a folder at last.  Much neater in the top kitchen drawer than a pile of loose papers!  I don’t know why I didn’t

we had a lovely day, look at the fantastic view we enjoyed while munching on and savouring our Pt Elliot bakery pasties and how good are those pasties! We also browsed the shops and took a scenic drive home, visiting my brother and family on way back. A good day.

I finally got around to sorting my leftover yarns, and storing them properly so they’re easy to access and find what I need.  After measuring the space I made I went to IKEA and bought a couple of storage trays, and now- look! all sorted into plys and composition,

So I think I mentioned how I had trouble with the washing of the original shrug?  Did I mention how it stretched when hand washed and then went matted and unusable after machine washing in a lingerie bag?  Well I had success hand washing the pink shrug which was made

I crocheted this beanie over easter, and when we got home Zoe made the pompom, and then I finally got around to stitching it together- which is dumb, because it took like 5 minutes of sewing, I don’t know why I put it off. Nice and warm for this

so today I finished the mini Vans for one of my little friends, and they turned out pretty cute!  The only trouble is, I can see they will fall off so easy peasy, so I am sewing some soft wide(ish) elastic to go around the ankle.  Otherwise they will

and now that I have crocheted the collar I am thinking of unravelling it, as it’s itchy on her neck.

today I decided I better not go browse Spotlight’s sale, and I should try to finish off a couple of incomplete projects.  And a good thing too- too many things on the go makes me a bit overwhelmed. So, I finished another beanie (very similar to the last one,

So did I mention that today was our annual Teddy Bear’s Picnic for playgroup?  We have it up on the beautiful grounds at Carrick Hill, and it was a lovely day for it, just the right amount of sun.  I haven’t got any photos to show (all other

Well, I might have accidentally started on Zoe’s sleeveless jumper that is my project for Easter, but I truly had to find out if the amount of yarn I bought would be enough to finish the project on the weekend.  And, Yes, I think it will be it’s

today I did a big Indian cook up, two big pots full of butter chick/peas/en; and dhal, some for the weekend and some for other uses.  And then I sat down to finish my nephew’s dinosaur hat.  It’s for his birthday, so don’t tell him.

here is one of my cute little friends, modeling for me!  She didn’t seem to mind at all, and doesn’t she look adorable! and from another angle…

so today I put off doing the ironing a bit, to complete my insect tic-tac-toe I I’m super happy with how it turned out, and really keen to make another one as it was so much fun!  I just have to find out a cheaper place to source the

and I had so much fun making this, and I think my little friends will have fun playing with it too.  Plus it’s an easy toy to carry around, or have in your bag of tricks, and sure to amuse 2 – 10 year olds (is my guess).  I decided